My 25 Motif Challenge, was to tat 25 animals in a year, plus other tatting too of course!
I completed the challenge and have challenged my self to tat another 25 animals, tho' this may take more than another year as there are so many other things I want to tat.

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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Post Christmas blues..and reds..and greens..

Christmas is officially over in my house, all the family left on sunday after a hectic fun filled two weeks. Yesterday was 12th night..celebrated here as 'Women's little Christmas' when all the exhausted women go out and have a hooley!!

So now today the decorations are taken down.

My Irish Bear Thomas Brown..pronounced Thom-aaaw-s was very unhappy about having to give up his finery.

He sat next to the silver tree watching it all the time, now that has gone too, packed up into the roof space.

Making a grand total of 142 tatted pieces. gosh and there is a pile of snowflakes that didn't make it to the tree.

Ok so you want to know how the baby is doing!

He wasn't overly impressed by all the Christmas stuff but he is such a good natured happy baby that he took it all in his stride.

I didn't get a good photo of him in his Reindeer suit or his Santa baby outfit...but he did look so cute when he put his denims and hoody on, trying to be as trendy as his uncle.

At 9 weeks old he can't do much more than flay his arms around, but his favorite pleasure is to lie on his playmat looking up into his mirror and chortling away at the strange laughing baby that he sees.

The weather stayed dry the whole time but was pretty cold with that nasty east wind, but we did manage to get out with him...and he slept through it all.

The baby is ADORABLE!!! You have got a snowbank full of snowflakes and ornaments! WOW! That's a lot of work. How nice that it is used every year instead of in the form of a bunch of UFO's in your closet! LOL!

Steph that is a bigger tree!! Fat kisses will be delivered., from all,that will be a hardship!!

Diane, Snowy, Sherry and Laura, I suppose it is a huge pile of tatting It's been building since my 'Return' in 2003.

Chic, it is lovely to see it all once a year, now its gone back into hiding in boxes or plastic sheets with the patterns. I have so much now that it's hard to remember where it is when I want to show it of.

BJ you should be very impressed by yourself, I am.Funny you should mention red hair, Fionn has no sign of it but his dads family are all red heads, very celtic.

Valerie, thanks for making a comment, hope you will be back again. This is my first time making snowflakes with more than a subtle bit of colour. I am a white traditionalist really, but it was fun to have a change. next year I might group them in colours on my tree to make more impact.

The Irish Rover's are playing on the CD. Scarce O' Tatties. Thoughts turned to you! Dom is dancing a jig to the drum and eyeing me as if to say, "Pictures, Pictures!" Knowing I'm on the Leprechaun's life; he wants to be involved and meet his kin. No red hue, guess it was wishful thinkin' Red rules! (at least at our house! LOL) Thanks for keeping me up to date on the young Prince.love n hugs, Bev Ridgetatter

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